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Sri Lanka: Fear for safety / incommunicado detention
18 May 2009

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of three government employed doctors who had been working in the conflict zone in North eastern Sri Lanka until ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/011/2009

Sri Lanka: Enforced Disappearance: Stephen Sunthararaj (m)
14 May 2009

On 7 May 2009, Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer's car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. He had been released without ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/010/2009

Sri Lankan government and LTTE must heed demands from UN Security ...
14 May 2009

The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) must allowtens of thousands of civilians to leave the 'No Fire Zone', AmnestyInternation

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Sri Lanka: Letter to the Security Council: The situation in Sri ...
14 May 2009

Sri Lanka: Letter to the Security Council: The situation in Sri Lanka

Document       ASA 37/009/2009

UN Security Council must act to save civilians in Sri Lanka ...
13 May 2009

Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council to take actionafter at least 35 people were reported to have been killed in northernSri Lanka in an attack on ...

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UN Security Council must act immediately to stop "bloodbath" in ...
11 May 2009

The horrific condition facing civilians in north eastern Sri Lanka has been described as a “bloodbath” by the United Nations.

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Sri Lanka: Fear for safety/Health concern
1 May 2009

Approximately 50000 civilians are trapped in the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Mullaitivu District of northern Sri Lanka. They lack food and medical care ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/008/2009

Civilian casualties continue to mount in Sri Lanka | Amnesty ...
24 April 2009

The United Nations (UN) now estimates that more than 6500 civilianshave died and 13000 injured in the fighting in the north eastern regionof Sri Lanka.

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Civilian casualties rising in Sri Lanka conflict | Amnesty ...
21 April 2009

More than 4500 civilians are believed to have died in the fightingaccording to UN estimates in north eastern region in Sri Lanka.

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Immediate humanitarian truce needed in Sri Lanka to help trapped ...
17 April 2009

Around 100000 desperate civilians still trapped in the conflict zone, require urgent humanitarian aid as reports emergethat food and medical supplies are running ...

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